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...bunker-like office in University Hall, a well-trained, tenacious team is devising plans for an international takeover. Armed with flashy pamphlets, milk-chocolate globes, and undergraduate peer advisors, active efforts by the Office of International Programs (OIP) are underway to spread the study abroad mantra...
While Harvard is known for attracting international students and faculty, the “CRIMSON CRAZIES” aren’t known for studying abroad. In fact, few even seem to venture across the Charles. In recent years, the school has tried to counter this homebody disposition, and as a result of these efforts, the number of students studying abroad has virtually doubled since the 2000-2001 academic year...
While many people view this as a positive trend, not everyone has been excited by the growth of and focus on study-abroad efforts, especially when compared with their counterparts at comparable American colleges. Despite the increasing ease with which Harvard students can get credit for mornings on Australian beaches, afternoons at the Louvre, or late nights in Rio, a surprising majority of students still opt out in favor of a full four years in Cambridge, Mass...
Although the numbers have been growing, Harvard still sends a comparatively small number of students abroad. At Stanford, 384 students (out of about 6,700 total) applied to study abroad next fall through its Bing Overseas Studies Program. Nearly 400 students (out of about 10,300 total) studied abroad last fall at George Washington University. With 122 undergrads out of about 6,700 that experienced an international education this past fall, Harvard’s figures seem small in comparison...
Despite the relatively low numbers, Young Professor of Korean History and Chair of the Faculty Committee on Education Abroad (CEA) Carter J. Eckert is encouraged by the figures. Although Eckert believes that the “Harvard culture of being part of your class” has traditionally kept students at Harvard, he believes that “the culture is going to change,” in no small part due to the increased funding and resources of the OIP. But theirs is an uphill battle...